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Funding new community legal initiatives and projects.

Better justice requires organisations to understand and respond appropriately to community legal need. Through our grants program we provide financial support to new community legal initiatives, leading to better justice.

Exploring the use of language in Family Violence Intervention Order Application Narratives

WEstjustice collaborated with Fitzroy Legal Service and La Trobe University on a research project to analyse the language used in Family Violence Intervention Order Applications.

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Our Grants

Knowledge Grants

Build data capability and research skills to better understand and respond to community need.

Community Legal Grants

Funding to help the community to navigate civil legal issues and the Victorian justice system.

Everyday Legal Grants

Assistance to deliver small projects that support community legal need and improve understanding of the justice system.

Grant news

2022/23 Community Legal Grants awarded

We are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Community Legal Grants. Congratulations to the five successful applicants.
Screen shot from YouTube of Tenants Victoria website - Achut's story

Enabling legal self-help through digital storytelling

Funded by a Victoria Law Foundation Community Legal Grant, Tenants Victoria used digital tools to direct tenants to the information they need.

Strengthening legal pathways through experimentation and collaboration

Knowing how to engage a community you are not a part of can prove challenging, particularly when dealing with sensitive and personal issues.

Grant impact and support

What we've supported

Explore some of the recent projects we've funded

Developing your proposal

Information about preparing an application, how to apply and the assessment process.

Manage your grant

We offer support to deliver great projects and have a few simple requirements for of grant recipients.

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